Articles written by Beth Ingram

Beth Ingram, NDSU Professor of Economics|Nov 26, 2018

While most of us think about November and December as the holiday season, for families that include a high school senior, it’s also college application season. As has been the case for over 50 years, those applications, turned in this winter, herald the arrival, next fall, of thousands of eager, bright and anxious 18-year-olds to college campus campuses across the nation. They say goodbye to friends and family and embark on a new adventure that, with the right support, will lead to a college diploma. In many ways, this is the image that most o...